Per A.R.S. §38-431.02, all notices of the public meetings for the Arizona Department of Education can be accessed by clicking the link below. Notices will also be posted outside the State Board of Education Meeting Room on the first floor at 1535 West Jefferson Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85007, which is open to the public between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday except legal holidays. Such notices will indicate the date, time, and place of the meeting and will include an agenda.

Every Student Succeeds Act

ESSA Updates

Arizona’s Final version of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Plan was approved by Secretary of Education Betsey DeVos on Wednesday, September 6, 2017. View the Final Plan Version View The US Department of Education determination letter

Please provide feedback on Arizona’s ESSA goals in English language arts, English proficiency, mathematics, and high school graduation rates. Relevant documents are listed below: Draft Rationale for Long term goals and MIPs[6853] Draft Long Term Goals and MIPs ELA 2016-2039 Draft Long Term Goals and MIPs Math 2016-2039 Update: May 15, 2017 — The survey [Read more…]

The first ESSA survey is now closed for comments and the results are in! ADE had an overwhelmingly positive response to this outreach effort, with 3,076 people submitting surveys. Between the short answer questions and fill-in responses for the “other” options on the multiple choice questions, we received more than 10,000 written comments! The survey’s [Read more…]

After months of hard work and sorting through public comments, we’re proud to announce that the initial draft of Arizona’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is up for public review and comment on our website at www.azed.gov/essa/draftplan. So what does this mean? We received thousands of comments from Arizona citizens about what you want out [Read more…]

ADE is proud to present the first draft of the Arizona State Plan for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which can now be viewed at www.azed.gov/essa/draftplan. This initial drafting process has truly been a statewide effort and we appreciate the tens of thousands of comments we received from every corner of Arizona to help produce this document. We [Read more…]

Question of the Week: What information would you need to help you choose your child’s school? Parents, we get it. Wading through the new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is not quick or easy. The federal law is over 1,000 pages and covers everything education from accountability to funding to school building improvement. While we [Read more…]

As part of its continued efforts to provide all Arizonans with detailed information about the upcoming transition to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) today released a webinar detailing its draft responses to the initial Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) released by the U.S. Department of Education (USED) for [Read more…]

Please note: surveys are closed. With more than 2,100 people responding to the ESSA Survey, we have updated the ESSA Responses and Comments page with some fantastic new charts and all the comments submitted through August 18th. In addition to providing a graphic showing the responses for each multiple choice question, we have included a [Read more…]

As part of its continued efforts to provide all Arizonans with detailed information about the upcoming transition to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), ADE today released the webinar featured below detailing its proposed plan for coordination under ESSA, which includes performance management and technical assistance. ESSA Coordination Webinar – August 15, 2016 ESSA allows [Read more…]